Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of and system for enhanced data storage
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Application No.: US14749180Application Date: 2015-06-24
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Publication No.: US09696921B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Robert O. Keith, Jr.
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G06F11/14 ; H04N5/91 ; H04N9/804 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
A method of and system for enhanced storage allows more data to be backed up than would otherwise be possible. Instead of storing uncompressed base images and incremental images, differentials of non-current base images are compressed and stored. Furthermore, incremental images that are older than the current base image are removed. By only saving differential base images that are compressed, aside from the newest base image, and deleting older incremental images, a significant amount of space is saved. A removable drive is used as temporary storage in the process of generating a compressed differential base for previous base images. Additionally, a process ensures that previous base images are differentials of the most recent base image and not each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150293718A1 METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DATA STORAGE Public/Granted day:2015-10-15
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